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Creating a Carbon-Neutral School
Draft Programme

The following is a draft programme. The organisers reserve the right to change speakers, timings and any other aspect of the programme at any time.

Chair - Don Lack, Faber Maunsell

Morning Plenary Session Programme
TimeProgramme ItemSpeaker
09:30Coffee, registration & exhibition viewing
10:00WelcomeCouncillor Ross Willmott, Leader Leicester City Council
10:10Conference SponsorsPhil Biddle, Head of Energy Efficiency, E.ON
& Tony Galloni, Sustainable Energy Solutions, E.ON
10:30Faber MaunsellDon Lack, Faber Maunsell
10:30ConstructionGeorge Martin, Willmott Dixon
10:50Energy and Intelligent MeteringPrakash Patel, Leicester City Council
11:10RenewablesDavid Garlovsky, Solar Active
11:30Q & A
12:00Lunch and exhibition viewing
Breakout Session 1
TimeProgramme ItemSpeaker
13:00-14:00Case study tour of Queens Building, De Montfort UniversityTBC
Workshop 1: Building Better Schools for the Future: Engaging the School Community Margaret Fleming
Workshop 2: Planning Policy, Capital Investment & Schools as Energy Providers Alan Gledhill & Jim Bowditch, Leicester City Council
Breakout Session 2
TimeProgramme Item
14:00-15:00Repeat of Workshops
1 and 2
(see above)
N.B. You will be able to attend both workshops across the two breakout sessions or the study tour in session one and your choice of workshop in session 2. Please note that places on the study tour are limited on a first-come-first-served basis.
Afternoon Plenary Session
TimeProgramme ItemSpeaker
15:20Linking environment and learningSean McDougall, Stakeholder Design
15:40Carbon reduction in school buildings, transport & procurementLizzi Chatterjee, Sustainable Development Commission
16:00Case study schools
‘Sustainable Schools - Home & Abroad’
Ken Dunn, City School Sheffield
16:20Q & A
16:30Drinks Reception in exhibition area
19:00Close